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Rawalpindi: Shahabuddin gets interim bail

Rawalpindi: Shahabuddin gets interim bail

RAWALPINDI: MakhdoomShahabuddin, the federal Minister for Textiles, got temporary relief from the LahoreHighCourt’sRawalpindi bench on Thursday after his plea for interim bail in the ephedrine case was accepted by the court. The bail would expire on July 3. MrShahabuddin — a former health minister and the PPP leadership’s first choice for the prime ministerial slot before RajaPervezAshraf’s election as primeminister — got a protective transitory bail from the Peshawar HighCourt on June22, which expired on Thursday.

JusticeIjazAhmed and JusticeAliBaqirNajafi of the LHC granted MrShahabuddin the interim bail and fixed July3 as the next date of hearing in the case.

The court also issued a notice to the Anti–NarcoticsForce (ANF) and asked it to file its submission with respect to MrShahabuddin.

Talking to reporters before the hearing on Thursday, MrShahabuddin said that arrestswarrant had been issued against him at a time when he was getting ready to contest the election in NationalAssembly for the primeministerial slot, making the entire episode mysterious.

During the hearing, his counsel, ShahKhawar, told the court that to avoid arrestMrShahabuddin had to get a pre–arrest protective transitory bail from the PeshawarHighCourt. He said there were no incriminating material against MrShahabuddin and no evidence connecting him to the alleged misuse of ephedrine.

According to Mr Khawar, the ANF prepared a fakecase against a well-known politician who was going to become the primeminister, and his arrestwarrant was meant to humiliate him and to undermine his reputation.

After hearing the arguments, JusticeAhmed and JusticeNajafi granted the minister the interim bail and fixed July3 as the next date of hearing.